...And in pictures. Below left, Samba Chesterfield, Director of the Gays and Lesbians Association of Zimbabwe, prepares to hoist their official flag alongside the Zimbabwean flag during a belated commemoration of the May 17 International Day against Xenophobia and Transphobia in Harare. Below right, Jorge Aravena and Maximiliano Hott kiss during a session in the Chilean senate after approval of an anti-discrimination bill.

|||||Vanishing voices. "One language dies every 14 days. By the next century nearly half of the roughly 7,000 languages spoken on Earth will likely disappear, as communities abandon native tongues in favor of English, Mandarin, or Spanish. What is lost when a language goes silent?"

|||||London school suspends Sunday church groups over "homosexual offenders" leaflet.

|||||Former Tory chairman Norman Tebbit claims there's no such thing as marriage inequality, as gay's can already marry people of the opposite sex. He also believe siblings should be allowed to enter into civil partnerships.

|||||"It's happened to everyone — suddenly, you’re seized by a vague, faint memory of a book you read somewhere, sometime, but can’t put your finger on what it was called or who wrote it, or even enough of the plot to Google your way to the answer." What Was That Book? could be the answer.

> East End Film Festival launches its boldest gay program yet, with Call Me Kuchu - the award-winning film on gay struggles in Uganda - making its London premiere.

< Last year, Shane Bitney Crone lost his boyfriend Tom Bridegroom, who died after falling off a roof. Now Linda Bloodworth-Thomason, the creator of the sitcom Designing Women, is trying to raise money to make a documentary about the aftermath of Bridegroom's death. Support the project.

|||||Someone's offered Chris Brown and Drake $US1million to fight. If they were to accept, they'd subcontract minions to step into the ring on their behalf, and pay them somewhere in the region of a $1 an hour. Because this is America.

"I would also like to take this opportunity to squash the persistent rumours about mysterious 'disappearances' and emphasize that rural and urban areas are now enjoying a life of harmony and peace. I'm sure you're glad to hear this. And I'm happy you're glad."